RTX · 1 day ago
Principal Specialist, Cybersecurity & Risk Management (Remote)
RTX Corporation is an Aerospace and Defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. The Principal Specialist, Cybersecurity & Risk Management will support compliance activities, manage customer cyber compliance requests, and facilitate audits while ensuring adherence to relevant policies and regulations.
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Responsibilities
Maintain a baseline understanding of relevant IT specific frameworks referenced in customer requests or customer requests are based upon
Manage customer cyber compliance requests, prioritize actions, and provide timely responses to meet customer needs
Create and maintain a tracking mechanism to allow for consistent customer responses, limit rework, and report metrics to stakeholders
Support and facilitate various internal & external audits
Partner, manage communication, and function as a liaison with external auditors and business units
Assess compliance with policies, standards, and regulations through the performance of compliance assessments, risk assessments, and controls testing
Identify any non-compliance with regulations, bring them to management attention and work with others to manage remediation
Work with control owners, business partners, Enterprise Cyber teams, and Legal to ensure controls are well defined and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations
Monitoring remediation activities, report progress, and support the publishing of metrics
Recommend and implement new processes, policies, standards or operating plans in support of strategies
Manage small projects or processes
Regularly provide SME support to the business unit teams
10% travel
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and a minimum 5 years of experience, or an Advanced Degree and a minimum 3 years experience
3+ years experience with IT cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., CMMC, ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, etc.)
Experience supporting cybersecurity risk and compliance assessments
U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract
Preferred
Experience in regulations and directives including CMMC, GDPR, Cyber Essentials, etc
Security certifications (i.e., Security +, etc.)
IT Governance and Risk Management certifications (i.e., CISA, CRISC, etc.)
Industry Experience working with/for US DOD, commercial airlines, and aerospace OEMs
Ability to work collaboratively with remote team members
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and proactive, critical thinking skills
Ability to build and maintain customer relationships; strong team player, able to meet deadlines and adjust to changing priorities
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life insurance
Short-term disability
Long-term disability
401(k) match
Flexible spending accounts
Flexible work schedules
Employee assistance program
Employee Scholar Program
Parental leave
Paid time off
Holidays
Company
RTX
RTX is comprised of three market-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – working as one to answer the biggest questions and solve the hardest problems in aerospace and defense.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.2MKey Investors
LIFT Ecosystem Accelerator
2024-02-22Grant· $0.2M
2019-06-09Acquired
2010-01-14Grant· $3M
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